Crispus
KRIS-pus
A Roman name meaning “curled” or “wrinkled,” later tied to the root that gave English “crisp.”
Meaning
Crispus is a Latin name meaning “curled” or “wrinkled,” from the same word behind English “crisp.” In the excerpted 19th-century sources, it is explained as a Roman cognomen and as the source of later forms such as Crispinus and Crispinianus.
Origin
Latinmasculine
Fun fact
The name helped generate a whole family of related forms, including Crispinus and Crispinianus.